The Best Mountain Biking Trails in Minnesota

"With nearly 12 miles of one-way single-use singletrack, Lebanon Hills has become one of the go-to trails in the [Minneapolis] metro area," writes [MORCMTB.org](https://www.morcmtb.org/trail/lebanon-hills/). Indeed, this fantastic network of singletrack allows riders to let loose and drop the hammer without fear of negative interactions with other trail users....

"With nearly 12 miles of one-way single-use singletrack, Lebanon Hills has become one of the go-to trails in the [Minneapolis] metro area," writes [MORCMTB.org](https://www.morcmtb.org/trail/lebanon-hills/). Indeed, this fantastic network of singletrack allows riders to let loose and drop the hammer without fear of negative interactions with other trail users....

This 9.5-mile loop at Murphy Hanrehan Park epitomizes Minneapolis mountain biking. Here you'll find smooth black dirt flowing up and down a series of small ridges, crisscrossed by the occasional tree root....

Located just three miles from downtown Minneapolis, Theodore Wirth Park is the most urban mountain bike trail system in the metro area. In fact, finding such an incredible greenspace and recreation area so close to the heart of one of the USA's top cities is quite unique....

Elm Creek is the go-to mountain bike trail in the Maple Grove suburb of the Twin Cities metro area. At 12.7 miles long, this "singletrack trail is the largest trail of its kind in the northern metro," according to [ThreeRiversParks....

"With nearly 12 miles of one-way single-use singletrack, Lebanon Hills has become one of the go-to trails in the [Minneapolis] metro area," writes [MORCMTB.org](https://www.morcmtb.org/trail/lebanon-hills/). Indeed, this fantastic network of singletrack allows riders to let loose and drop the hammer without fear of negative interactions with other trail users....

Battle Creek is the most popular mountain bike trail on the Saint Paul side of the Twin Cities. The park offers about 10 miles of mountain bike-legal singletrack trail which is, unfortunately, "the only authorized mountain bike trail in the Ramsey County park system....